Housing Improvement and Social Inequality : Case Study of an Inner City

Originally published in 1979, this book discusses housing improvement, and particularly its effects upon the residential population of the inner areas of West London. The economic and social rationale is explained, and the role of landlords, developers and local authorities is analysed. The book concentrates both on the defects of the improvement process as a whole, and on the application of housing legislation within a specific geographical area. Housing improvement is related to the debate about the inequality of wealth by implicitly questioning who benefits and who loses from improvement policy. Originally published in 1979 and 1990 the 2 volumes in this set: Analyse the economic and social rationale of housing improvement in London Review the progress of improvement legislation as applied to London Identifies the connection between grant distribution and socio-economic change within Housing Action Areas in the 1960s and 70s Provide introductory background to regional imbalance and policy in Britain Examine the economic and social data suggestive of a North-South divide Question well-known assumptions about regional imbalance Originally published in 1979/90 these volumes analyse the economic & social rationale of housing improvement in London; identify the connection between grant distribution and socio-economic change in the 60s and 70s and provide introductory background to regional imbalance in Britain.